The Recovery Radio Podcast - KMP3 - Long-Term Sobriety in A.A.

In this episode I discuss Traditions Four and Five, and read from the AA Traditions Checklist .

In this episode I share my very own personal way I organize my own thoughts. Worth mentioning that I was incapable of doing this prior to doing Steps 4-9. 

In this episode I talk about analyzing oneself to a point where you're essentially doing nothing.

On page 83 of the "Big Book," it says  " the spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. " In this episode I talk about what that looks like in my life, and my belief that fear is the absence of God. 

In this episode I talk about experience that has created a belief that every single loving thing a person does absolutely matters. 

In this episode I again read something from Emmet Fox, and then from Alcoholics Anonymous. - Faith alone is not enough

Emmet Fox wrote, "Problems are sign-posts on the road to God" In this episode I talk about how our problems are merely opportunities to grow closer to God.  I give examples from my personal life, and I read something by Emmet Fox and connect it to the "Big Book."

In this episode I talk about how hard it can be to tell someone you're struggling with something. 

Today is my AA anniversary:   - I discuss that miracle   - I read some of "A Vision For You" from Alcoholics Anonymous   - Quality verses quantity

In this episode:       - I read the Forward to the First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous       - I talk about my "media diet" and how it impacts me _________________________________________________________________________________ Does what you watch contradict the life you're trying to live?

In this episode I discuss several different subjects:                                                       - "Cynicism over the state of the nations"                                                       - Self-Care                                                        - Deciding a problem is big makes it big                                                       

In this episode I read the questions from The Traditions Checklist concerning Tradition Two and Tradition Three. 

In todays episode, I discuss the following: - Assigning new meaning to things - Conscience contact with a Higher Power - Giving "Sober Lessons" and/or being a bully in AA

In this episode I discuss Tradition One by reading from The Traditions Checklist , which is a set of questions published in the AA Grapevine . 

To celebrate the 100th episode, I invited my wife to join me. This podcast was her idea.  She talks about the 12 Steps, ACA, and our relationship with one another and with God.  We also talk about communication, and our marriage in general. 

In this episode I just wanted to make an episode that might help anyone who is hurting right now. 

In this episode I talk more about a subject I discussed in Episode 35, which is how common it is in AA for people to feel like they are doing something wrong if they feel any anger at all. 

In this episode I answer a question I received in an e-mail regarding how to deal with a sponsee who wants to do things differently from how they are in the Big Book.  Ironically, if you're doing things "out of the book" you do not force the book upon another soul. 

In this episode I talk about the first time I saw a relationship between what I thought and what I felt. More exciting was my discovery that I could, more and more, decide what I would think about. 

In this episode I talk more about living the principles at home, where it counts the most, in my view.  I talk about some of the lessons I've learned that have led me to today.  - Communicating clearly about where I'm at

If my program doesn't work at home, my program doesn't work.  Today I talk about living a spiritual life at home. Part One. 

In the episode I read something from Emmet Fox titled, "The Unicorn." For me, a powerful little reading about the magnificence of not playing God.

In this episode I describe some very simple tools I use to practice getting out of self. (Worth noting that, for myself, if I'm not willing to practice these things I do an inventory; if I'm unwilling to do that - back to Step Three.) I also talk about 9/11. And Zoom etiquette. 

In this episode I talk about being either a positive or a negative influence on the people around me. - It take literally no effort to be a negative influence. - Being a positive influence takes effort. Does being a positive or a negative influence on others matter to you?  

In this episode I talk about Step Three, again, using a few different analogies.  Also I discuss how, in early recovery, I was aware of the fact that there were parts of my life I still wanted to control.